Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-11

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The Indspsnd.ut Order Of Red Msu
s.se issaed ooBpiimentsFy invita-
..oss 70 theR maay friends. requesting
tseif aste11ancs 90 the dedieafioa ser.
wees tonofFoa afternoon. tie oeaasion
oeanR TIE Completion ce their usw VIC
wam 90 Maple avenue. A grand bali d
ann0unced % take placs ID the evsaina.
speci4 muse for she occasion has been
Engaged.
on 70 TIE xrxEs.
Robert Ralton, Fred Halkfns ana
hank Daane viii Leave today for Fort
n9pe, on the Fraser river, where they
VII poTpsFiy equip themselves for 9
sam mers prospecting in the Ruby
Cfsek minsa- They viii also pressed
70 TIE simifikamsen country.
NoTEA.
Captain L. o. Shevherd has succeeded
Captain Keeper 10 the command Of the
fevenue cutter Richard R1sb. Captain
hoopef has been transferred 30 tbs
Oosvin- The Rush will leave for Alaska
about jane lst from San Francisco.
captain Paul has arrived from San
kFsBetsco. He IL 20 take command Of
toe new baFkentiae nov under con-
struesion 90 Port Blaksly.
Miss Z. A. Reese vas q passenger
from the Bay City on the Chester.
a lev thousand feet Of lumber will be
snipped on the Aneon for Alaska today.
CODstdeRable freight vas received from
the ChesteF for Alaskan ports.
Al orange sOciabie will be rendered
o. the ladies' OF the Episcopal Church
70 teelf fFiends, at the Gsod Tsmplars'
HAL this evening. An interesting liter
ary ana musical programme has been
attractivsly arranged.
Robert DiokeY, q native Of Ontario,
charged with being insane, was az
amined on Monday BY Probate Judge
lWhlitiesey. he vas committed to the
age.
". O. Walker for Tacoma and Keats
Montrose fer Seattle, left yesterday.
A large number Of passengers arrived
on Monday from San Francisco en-
route TO Alaska.
A heavy rain fell on Monday night
and yesterday morning. A fsv fakes
Of snOw came a. . surprise 10 the
weather wise.
Work on the new lighthouse and fog
signal at Northwest Seal Rock. near
Crescent City, IL being rapidly pushed
ahead. The light will be Of the first
order, red and white fash. Il will be
10 feet above the sea level, and on
clear nights IL can be seen az twenty
miles distance.
THE HARTFORD.
Such a vigorous protest Was forwarded
10 tue Secretary Of the Navy against
the eondemning OF the old var ship
Hartford that Il has been decided to 70.
tain her 10 active service. 1his was
Admiral FarTaRut's flagship. Il vas la
the rigging Of this old vessel that the
brave old Admiral lashed himself on
the memorable passage Of the forts
guarding the entrance to Mobile BaY.
The Hartford is new lying along With
many old hulks q, the Mare Island navy
yard. The veterans plead that the gal
liant old vessel be retained as memorial,
not only Of Farragut's valOr, bot Of
American patriotism, and as 40 inspiFa-
tion for the rising generations.
INSTANTLY KILLED.
Robert williams, a deck hand on the
steamer Virginia, was instantly killed
at 3 O'Clock last evening while the steam
er was landing At Hant's wharf. A
quantity OF lumber had been piled on
the wharf with portion protruding a
considerable distance over the water.
The unfortunate man was standing on
the forward deck and the night being
quite dark and the steamer under foil
way, be was struck by the lumber in the
neck and instantly killed. He was a
member OF the Independent Order OF
HE'D Men and was we'll known on tue
Sound. He leaves q wife aud Two chill
dren. He was y years old.
FOOT CRUSHED.
A deck hand on the steamer Aeon
which arrived this evening from Port
land, had his foot badly erusked whils
loading the vessel at the Union wharf.
wHAiF AND WAVE.
The British bark Cyprus. Captain
Jones, sl,5 tons, lumber laden from
Hastings Mil, arrived on the LIST ultimC
at Buenos Ayres.
The Norwegian bark Carl Phil, Gap
tain Ourendsussn, whose charter hal
been changed from Tacoma 10 Barnard
Inlet, started for the latter port OF
Monday In TOW Of the tug Mogul, bH
on account Of heavy seas was compelled
~ retnrn and await favorable weather
The British ship George Thompson
Captain j. BArneson, lbs tons, lumber
laden from Port Gamble, for sydney
will clear today.
The bark Oasis, Captain r ynoids
1850 tons, after q voyage of Ill day
from Tacoma arrived ct BuenOs AyFsl
on March 0,h, lumber laden.
The ship 81. Charles, Captain PuriH-
son, 1852 tons, sailed on Saturday fsi
Departure Bay from San Francisco &
load q rstnrn cargo ~ coal.
The bark Alden besse Is discharEins
= small cargo Of freight from China a
Bartletfs wharf.
The bark Il. X. Ham. Captain Cove
2s days from San Pedrs, arrived OF
Monday bound TO Port BlakelY.
The barkentihe Skagit, Captain Ros,
inson, lumber laden from Utsalady, vii
clear today for HonOlalu.
The British bark John Trahey wai
towed 20 Tacoma yesterday by the gus
Tacoma.
The ship Euoas Soale. Captain soule
~ days from HonRkonR, arrived yestsr
day At Victoria NhArf. The vessel /.
loaded with Chinese merchandise con,
siened TO Weloh. Rltchet 4 Co.
The ship +. +. Oakes, Captain Cliff
ID days from San Francisco, arrived yes
teEday bound 20 NaRaimo for a rasuru
cargo Of coal.
The New harkentins built BY Hal
Bros At PORT Gamble will be the largest
OF the kind on the caast. Captain PAU
hiss arrived a. Townsend End will take
command Of her.
There is not single vessel LOADING
grain foreign IN san Francisco. Sueh
Inactivity has nos bsen known for the
past hfteen wears.
Tse San Diego people claim that the
passage Of the English mails frou
Australia oo1id b expedited BY the
steamers Of the Ocesnie Company
line landing the bags at their port. The
matter is reported TO be ander consider
alton.
The ship JOha A. Biees. Captain
Randall. 2lS3 tons. coal laden from De
pArtare bay, went 20 sea on SUNDAY
bouad 30 Saa Francisco.
The steamship Wellington has arrives,
81 Departure BAY from san FRANCHISES
60 load coal.
A new veisiline buoy hss been placed
I 10 position a. the entrance TO YaqaiRa
I River.
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